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Baku Zoological Park

Russian sturgeon

Size and weight

90-230 cm
10-18 kg

Nutrition

Its diet consists of mixed feeds.

Life Span

35-40 years

Conservation status

It is included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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Found in Caspian, Azov and Black seas.

For spawning, it enters rivers of the Caspian Basin – Kura, Volga, Ural, Samur and Terek rivers